Philando Castile, a Black elementary school cafeteria worker, was fatally shot during a traffic stop in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota, by St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez.
State lawmaker Manny Rutinel, a Democrat, will take on Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District race, one of the pivotal toss-up races as Democrats seek control of Congress.
Colorado only has four slots for young physicians who want to complete fellowships in geriatric medicine, but even so, the state couldn’t fill them this year.
A 44-year-old man was shot and killed outside of a house party in the 3600 block of East 91st Avenue in southeast Thornton, police said.
The Willow fire is one of four active fires in Colorado that together have consumed more than 160,000 acres. The combined burn area of the Willow, Aspen Acres, Gold Mountain and Ferris fires is roughly 250 square miles.
Charlie Kirk’s widow and parents are expected this week in a Utah court where prosecutors seeking the death penalty will argue that the man charged with killing the conservative activist should stand trial for murder.
Three firefighters — Emily Barker, Nick Hutcherson and Sydney Watson — who were killed battling flames on the Colorado-Utah border are being remembered as brave heroes who were trailblazers in their industries.
Several days of scorching temperatures are suspected to have caused at least 19 deaths in New Jersey as a heat dome that had settled above parts of the central and eastern United States gives way to severe storms that have knocked out power to close to 1 million homes and businesses.
Colorado Music Festival opens its 50th anniversary season July 9 at Chautauqua Auditorium with Himari, Peter Oundjian, Yuja Wang and more.
Conditions in nursing homes and assisted living centers around Colorado, where residents often receive as little as two hours of direct care each day, are deteriorating. Chronic understaffing has led to severe deficiencies at these facilities, more than in most states, with rising numbers of complaints lodged by residents.